(a) "Active retail license" means a current license for a
retail outlet that has been open and in continuous operation for a
period of not less than twelve months prior to July 1, 2010, or
July 1 every ten years thereafter.

(b) "Active retail licensee" means a person who holds an
active retail license at the time of the effective date of the
amendments to this section during the first extraordinary session
of the Legislature in 2009 or that person's successor or any person
who holds an active retail license when it expires at the end of a
ten-year period.

(c) "Applicant" means any person who elects to pay a purchase
option for a Class A retail license, who bids for a retail license
or who seeks the commissioner's approval to purchase or otherwise
acquire a retail license from a retail licensee, in accordance with
the provisions of this article.

(d) "Application" means the form prescribed by the
commissioner which must be filed with the commissioner by any
person bidding for a retail license.

(e) "Board" means the Retail Liquor Licensing Board created by
this article.

(h) "Current retail licensee" means a person who holds a
retail license at the time of the effective date of the amendments to this section during the first extraordinary session of the
Legislature in 2009 or that person's successor or any person who
holds a retail license when it expires at the end of a ten-year
period.

(i) "Designated areas" means one or more geographic areas
within a market zone designated as such by the board.

(j) "Executive officer" means the president or other principal
officer, partner or member of an applicant or retail licensee, any
vice president or other principal officer, partner or member of an
applicant or retail licensee in charge of a principal business unit
or division, or any other officer, partner or member of an
applicant or retail licensee who performs a policy-making function.

(l) "Liquor" means alcoholic liquor as defined in section
five, article one of this chapter and also includes both wine and
fortified wines as those terms are defined in section two, article
eight of this chapter.

(m) "Liquor sampling event" means an event approved by the
commissioner, for a Class A retail licensee to hold a liquor
sampling authorized pursuant to section three-a of this article.

(n) "Market zone" means a geographic area designated as such
by the board for the purpose of issuing retail licenses.

(o) "Mixed retail liquor outlet" means a retail outlet that
sells liquor, beer, nonintoxicating beer and other alcohol-related
products, including tobacco-related products, in addition to convenience and other retail products.

(q) "Retail license" means a license issued under the
provisions of this article permitting the sale of liquor at retail.

(r) "Retail licensee" means the holder of a retail license.

(s) "Retail outlet" means a specific location where liquor may
be lawfully sold by a retail licensee under the provisions of this
article.

(t) "Sampling day" means any days and hours of the week where
retail licensees may sell liquor pursuant to section eighteen,
article three-a, chapter sixty of this code for a Class A retail
licensee to conduct a liquor sampling event.

(u) "West Virginia product" means all liquor types and classes
as approved by the commissioner and maintained on the ABCA retail
liquor product list.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2016 Regular Session
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